Sporting CP 2-0 Rio Ave: result and report

Liga Portugal · Monday 25 September 2023

Result

Sporting CP 2-0 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Monday 25 September 2023, 19:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Sporting CP 2-0 Rio Ave: match report

Sporting CP beat Rio Ave 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Monday 25 September 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Paulinho opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Sporting CP's goals came from Paulinho (10') and Marcus Edwards (26'). Rio Ave did not score.

Discipline: Sporting CP received 1 yellow card; Rio Ave received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 3rd on 13 points from 5 and Rio Ave 13th on 5 points from 5. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Rio Ave 11th with 37.

Sporting CP lined up in a 3-4-3 and Rio Ave in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Paulinho of Sporting CP (8.7), ahead of Marcus Edwards (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sporting CP win, 0 draws and 0 for Rio Ave.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · PaulinhoSporting CP · 1-0
  • 19'Yellow card · Aderllan SantosRio Ave
  • 26'Goal · Marcus EdwardsSporting CP · 2-0
  • 47'Yellow card · Leonardo RuizRio Ave
  • 48'Yellow card · Sebastián CoatesSporting CP
  • 57'Yellow card · Fábio RonaldoRio Ave
  • 73'Yellow card · UkraRio Ave
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Bruno VenturaRio Ave

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Sporting CP 1, draws 0, Rio Ave 0.

Team news

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Sporting CP line-up (3-4-3)

Antonio Adán, Ousmane Diomande, Sebastián Coates, Gonçalo Inácio, Ricardo Esgaio, Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Nuno Santos, Marcus Edwards, Paulinho, Pedro Gonçalves

Rio Ave line-up (3-4-3)

Magrão, Renato Pantalon, Aderllan Santos, Patrick William, Costinha, Amine Oudrhiri, Guga, Sávio, João Graça, Leonardo Ruiz, Fábio Ronaldo